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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Preparing

Image credit NOAA/STAR

Food? Check.

Batteries? Check.

Water? Check.

Extra propane? Check.

Hand work project that you are really enjoying? Check and double check.

Florence is coming.

Since Wednesday morning, the track of the hurricane is now no longer coming directly over where I live in central North Carolina. (Although forecast can and do change.) As it currently stands, we are expecting epics amount of rain and some winds but not the worse part of the storm. Other parts of North Carolina and South Carolina will see a lot worse.

Last weekend, I attended a Sashiko workshop at my monthly guild meeting. In addition to learning this basics of the stitch, we also learned a bit about this simple hand embroidery technique which originated in Japan during the Edo period.

Many of us started work on our samplers in the meeting and I managed to work on it a bit more since. But then I decided to put it aside (reluctantly) to save it for the storm. Like most hand stitching, this is a very relaxing and calming activity. When the winds howl, rain falls, and the power flickers, I will be stitching away.I will be worried about everyone in the storm's path. Stay safe!

18 comments:

All of you in the storm’s path are in my prayers. I live in NOLA and we know exactly how devastating water can be. I have trouble stitching through storms but this probably has something to do with our margarita and tortilla chip consumption while the storm rages around us!

Hi Patty! Oh I'm glad to hear that you are as prepared as you can be. I hope you suffer minimally from the storm, and that all your peeps stay safe. That hand work looks beautiful, and I hope it does its job and keeps you calm. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne

Prayers for you and all in the path of this historic storm. Many have already had a very wet summer and this slow moving store with upwards to 40" of additional rain & storm surge along with the winds expected will cause destruction. Be safe!

At the end of the summer I spent in FL, we had to leave the beach because the beaches closed around Tallahassee due to an imminent hurricane. The storm came inland and followed us up the coast all the way to WV. It was miserable driving all that way in the heavy rain. Having grown up in WV, I know that when a storm comes from the East, it is a doozy compared to a storm from the West. I now live in OK and when I arrived here I had no idea what a tornado encompassed. I soon learned. Back then, the newscasters told us to open the the windows on the southwest side of the house to help equalize the pressure in the house. I never did because it was usually raining like crazy and I knew insurance wasn't going to pay damage for that. Now that's a bunch of stuff. Long before they told us - I used to have my kids dressed and in shoes - usually socceer shoes (they were the hardest soled shoes they had). We always told our kids if we got separated for them not to come looking for us - we would look for them. If we are looking for each other, it would be harder for us to find each other. The kids were always worried about the pets and and the pets were always huddled with the kids. I've taken cover in the closet ONCE. There have been two tornadoes set down at about the same spot within about a mile of my house. The first time it sure sounded like a jet had landed out on the big street that we live one house off of. We didn't get in the closet that night and the tornado hit a mile north. I don't quilt but tend to knit on mindless things. I pray that you are safe! Wind and water each can cause lots of damage. Quilt and be as safe as possible. I'm staying up to date as possible on tv!